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Continental Airlines is the latest to to test-fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

Airline Flybe calls for restrictions on the number of seats it can sell on the Channel Islands' air link to be lifted.

Shares in airline Cathay Pacific drop sharply after it warns it could lose $1bn after misjudging the direction of fuel costs.

India's state-run carrier Air India dismisses nine hostesses who had earlier been grounded for being overweight.

Shareholders in Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus show little appetite for a Ryanair takeover.

Yorkshire-based airline Jet2 has announced a new route which will enable people to visit the Somme battlefield in France.

Regional airline Flybe offers free insurance to its customers, allowing them to claim refunds on travel costs if they lose their jobs.

A Ugandan woman gives birth to a baby girl in a rare mid-flight delivery on board a Northwest Airlines flight to Boston.

A New Zealand passenger plane successfully completes a two-hour test flight partly powered by fuel from a tropical fruit.

Five people are charged with manslaughter over a 2005 plane crash that became Cyprus's worst airline disaster.

The EU's top court says passengers must be compensated in most cases where flights are cancelled for technical reasons.

Sir Richard Branson says politicians have failed to take a tough enough line on hospital infections.

Nearly 40 people are hurt when a Continental Airlines jet taking off from Denver leaves the runway and catches fire.

Newquay Airport is to reopen on 20 December after being granted an operating licence from the Civil Aviation Authority.

Low-cost airlines Flybe and Air Southwest announce new routes between Jersey and the UK.

Argentina is renationalising the Spanish-owned airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, after talks between the owner and government failed.

British Airways and Qantas end their talks after failing to reach an agreement on key parts of a potential merger.

A pilot with 30 years experience turns his airliner around because he is not qualified to land in foggy weather.

Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh airports are up for grabs after regulators ruled that BAA must sell them to improve competition.

Irish airline Aer Lingus rejects a hostile 750m euro takeover bid from its rival Ryanair.

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